06 Evolution IX

1. The wing in my rearview mirror
2. Clutch engagement is too high
3. Terrible gas mileage even when I'm off boost
4. Turning radius is terrible
5. Notchy tranny

 

should change the tranny fluid to pennzoil synchromesh...u'll love it!!
i think the wing is kinda annoying sometimes

 

Everytime when I get in the damn thing I hear a new strange noise and have to drive around for 5 minutes to try and figure out what is creaking ro sqweeking this time.

 

yeah i know what u mean...this might sound dumb, but i think it has something to do with the cold weather!!!

 

yeah cold weather sux bad, i fire it up in the morning and when i drive off to work, the clutch and shifter is frozen solid... takes a few miles for it to warm up

 

Depending on the car company, certain export models go through cold weather testing in the NVH(noise vibration harshness) area for the US market... As an example the Pontiac GTO thats made for Australia has different plastic interior panel part#'s due to the creaking in cold temps here in the USDM test mules. GM N.V.H. engineers made Holden(GM Australia) reformulate some of the interior plastics before importing the car in '03. I doubt Mitsu made a change there to suit the US market. Mitsu had a hard enough time budget wise paying for NHSTA requirements on USDM cars (crashed/beamed/bumpered) to worry about interior quality/complaints on the first few runs. Hell, they were riding bankruptcy looking for a buyer when the '03's were coming over on ships

 

1.) No remote trunk release.
2.) No gas cap hanger.

BTW... I dissagree with anyone that says girls don't like Evos.

 

I put my gas cap next to to filler hole on the ledge

 

That 100% true, but Mistubishi has done all of their Evo testing (since Evo II testing in '92) at their dedicated Okazaki track facility outide of Nagoya, Japan. Winter temperatures dip into the 20's but the yearly average is closer to 55 degrees. It's not Antarctica, but it isn't Palm Springs either. Evos love that kind of weather.

 

I know you can do that, I hang mine over the gas filler door.
My old car had a hanger, so I got used to it.

I don't have much to complain about, I knew what I was buying... No regrets.

 

bump for this thread instead of the "what dont you like about your evo" thread

 

Has anything gone wrong during the ownership of your cars such as things breaking or failing?

 

Nothing has been replaced or broken on mine but I only have 5,000 miles on mine.

 

stock radio
tail lights
no cruise control
insurance
clutch

 

5MPH crash beams
No AYC
No front LSD ('03, '05)
No forged internals
Recaros are too wide & recline